A suite of tracks exploring the impermanent sound objects and their evolution across time and into silence, bringing glitchy, ambient, microsound, experimental, avant-garde, modern classical, creation decay.
A series of works based on the concept of creation, change, deletion, and loss
A strange welling tonal crisper of new sounds, a suite of tracks exploring the impermanent sound objects and their evolution across time and into silence, from ambient artists Ian Hawgood, Porya Hatami and David Newman. With this new album, the collaborators continue a series of works based on the concept of creation, change, deletion, and loss. Each piece brings natural, electronic and orchestral sounds into focus and then eventual dispersal. I hear a lovely sustained fluttering instrumental lingering as the elements of melody flicker and cavort slowly. Each piece brings natural, electronic and orchestral sounds into focus and then dispersal. Each deletion references the interplay of existence between the physical reality and the subjective. Our bodies hold our memories and experience the impact of birth, change and loss. That keeps it interesting, this is about us. Each of us. All alone.
Each deletion references the interplay of existence between the physical reality and the subjective. It passes time and holds a mirror up to the experience of that time passing. I accept this bold notion because I think, based on the concept of creation, change, deletion, and loss, that the music traverses the sad and the uplifting, the experimental and orthodox in such a way as to bring a pleasing perplexity to the ear. The music, as I hear, bends like the light through leaves or debris in the waxing ocean. It passes time and holds that mirror up to the experience of that time passing. All very delicate and fascinating, little sounds held in wispy vapors, waiting to be heard.
Little sounds held in wispy vapors, waiting to be heard ::
I am enjoying this, a suite of tracks exploring the impermanent sound objects and their evolution across time and into silence, bringing glitchy, ambient, microsound, experimental, avant-garde, modern classical, creation decay. I hear this and pause. Backwards sounding melodic things, “Komorebi (deletion 47)” (4:46) brings a ringing reverb, gentle long thin metal sounds, as I see it, cloud-based means different things. Stringed instruments and electronica, the three artists are always finding the natural sounds of musical instruments and presenting them in new ways. Gentle and low, subtle activity. “Seedling (deletion 14)” (13:01) has a shake shake throbbing persistence which eases. The sound is at times a thin layer, like a membrane. “Lamella (deletion 78)” (10:16) is a cosmic unfolding, increasing and holding, riding the light beams. Very restful and loaded with interesting details. Things keep changing while keeping the original direction. “In Situ – Upper Air (deletion 19)” (7:45) has me gliding in place, gates squeak, notes glitch and glitter, hidden in the shivering wind.
This is a good ride. Partial Deletion of Everything (Vol. 2) follows up from the initial release of Volume 1 released on 12k in the month of November 2020. Volume 2 brings a suite of tracks exploring all across time and into silence.
Partial Deletion of Everything (Vol. 2) is available on Polar Seas. [Bandcamp]
